devout

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈvaʊt/
• Rhymes: -aʊt

Adjective

devout (comparative devouter or more devout, superlative devoutest or most devout)

1. Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
2. (archaic) Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture.
3. Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare.

Translations

devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties

• Bulgarian: набожен (bg) (nabožen), благочестив (bg) (blagočestiv)
• Danish: from (da)
• Esperanto: pia (eo)
• Irish: urnaitheach (ga)

• Japanese: 敬虔な (ja) (けいけんな, kēken na)
• Portuguese: devoto (pt) m
• Russian: набожный (ru) (nábožnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: cràbhach (gd)

Noun

devout (plural devouts)

1. (obsolete) A devotee.
2. (obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.

References

• devout in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913